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beacon, Carrock Fell
site name:-   Carrock Fell
civil parish:-   Caldbeck (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   beacon (?) 
coordinates:-   NY34203365 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY3433
10Km square:-   NY33
references:-   Otley 1823

evidence:-   descriptive text:- Otley 1823 (5th edn 1834) 
source data:-   Guide book, A Concise Description of the English Lakes, the mountains in their vicinity, and the roads by which they may be visited, with remarks on the mineralogy and geology of the district, by Jonathan Otley, published by the author, Keswick, Cumberland now Cumbria, by J Richardson, London, and by Arthur Foster, Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, 1823; published 1823-49, latterly as the Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes.
image OT01P083, button  goto source
Page 83:-  "Upon the summits of Grasmoor, Binsey, and Carrock Fells, there are remains of basin-shaped cavities, walled round, and apparently intended as Beacons. ..."

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